NEXT MEETING - June 3rd 7pm

Join us for the 16th year of the McCandless Democratic Scholarship Presentation to be held this Thursday, June 3, 2021 @ 7:00pm at McCandless Town Hall, now open to the public. 

This year marked the second year for the McCandless Democratic Committee Judges to conduct all candidate interviews via Zoom due to the Stay Home orders at that time. In addition to sharing their perspective on their goals, and civic engagement, the students also shared with the Committee Judges how they are managing isolation from friends, teachers and school during their senior year. As seniors around the country grapple with unexpected changes these scholarships offer some encouragement to the recipients.

Seven previous scholarship recipients plan on coming and the winners this year are two bright young women, Campbell Schweninger headed to the University of Pittsburgh with the intent to major in Health Information Management with a minor in Political Science.  Ashna Patel, equipped with a scientific stylus of activism and as a prospective public policy and biotechnology dual-degree student, has chosen the University of Pennsylvania. 

Previous recipients Conor Phillips - (2013) Harvard, “still at Harvard—I have one year left in my program, and I am scheduled to graduate in the spring of 2022.” Julia Macura (2018) “just graduated from Boston University Summa Cum Laude with a major in Journalism and a minor in Earth and Environmental Science and French! I'm currently starting a summer communication internship with The Pittsburgh Foundation, and am looking for freelancing and other journalism job opportunities for the future.” Julia returns for the Presentation every year and gives great advice the soon to be first year students. Along with Alex Giorgetti (2016) University of Pittsburgh,  Kacey Kip, (2019) University of Washington, Mo. and Vincent Raitt - Canada (2020) and Kendel Barber - Georgetown! (2020)

Light refreshments will be served.

Peggy Malloy Amatangelo